Oct. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1739

FIRST SCHEDULE.
CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.
Village-homestead Allotments.

SURVEYED FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Geraldine County.

Arowhenua | 892 | II. | A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
V.S. | | | 0 3 35 | 1 10 0 | 0 14 7
Ditto | 894 | " | 2 0 0 | 1 10 0 | 1 10 0

These sections are situated at the eastern end of the Arowhenua Village Settlement, about one mile from the Temuka Railway-station. They lie adjacent to the Tauma-takahu Creek, and have frontage on Murray Street. Section 892 comprises agricultural land of good quality; Section 894 has a gravel subsoil near the surface. The sections are weighted with valuations of £1 12s. and £3 2s. respectively for boundary-fencing, which sums must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

Opihi S.D. | { 36592 | { IX., | } 26 1 8 0 | 0 9·6 | 0 10 6
| 36593 | XIII., | | |
| | XIV. | | |

This allotment is situated at the junction of the Opihi and Opuha Rivers, about ten miles and a half in a north-westerly direction from the Pleasant Point Railway-station, on the Timaru-Fairlie branch line of railway, and comprises open level land, part of it consisting of fair soil, well grassed, but stony in places; the balance of the land being more stony, and liable to flood from the adjacent rivers. The roads of access, leading from Pleasant Point up the Opihi and Totara Valleys, are formed.

Waimate County.

Waimate S.D. | 1 & 2 | XVI. | 20 0 0 | 0 11 2·4 | 5 12 0
(Reserve 1178) | | | | |
Waitaki S.D. | 10 | IV. | 10 0 0 | 0 11 2·4 | 2 16 0
(Reserve 1178) | | | | |

These sections are situated in the southern portion of the Nukuroa Village Settlement, at a distance of about three miles and a half south of Studholme Junction, and about five miles south-east of Waimate, and comprise flat agricultural land of good quality. Lots 1 and 2 are weighted with a sum of £15 10s., being valuation of hut and fencing; and Lot 10 with £3 15s., being valuation of fencing. These sums must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposits and fees.

Glenavy Town- | 47 | XIV. | 0 1 0 | 1 4 0 | 0 3 0
ship | | | | |

This allotment is situated in the Township of Glenavy, Waitaki North, with frontage on Redcliffe Road, and is weighted with a sum of £31, being valuation of dwelling-house and shop combined, and fencing, which sum must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

Waimate S.D. | { 5 | { XVI., | 10 0 0 | 0 11 2·4 | 2 16 0
(Reserve 1178) | | IV. | | |
Waitaki S.D. | | | | |
(Reserve 1178) | | | | |

This section is situated in the southern portion of the Nukuroa Village Settlement, at a distance of about three miles and a half south of Studholme Junction, and about five miles south-east of Waimate, and comprises flat agricultural land of good quality. The section is weighted with a sum of £15 15s., being valuation of hut, well, and fencing, which sum must be paid on allotment in addition to the usual deposit and fees.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

1. The lands enumerated above are first-class lands, and are village-homestead allotments, open for selection on lease in perpetuity under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892" (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act").

2. The day on which the land shall be open for selection shall be Wednesday, the ninth day of December, 1896.

3. The rental stated above shall be the price at which the land shall be open for selection.

4. Applications for leases shall be made in manner as provided in Part I. of the said Act; and all such applications shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch; and leases will be issued in accordance with the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.

5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occupation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or single), and will be required to make the declaration prescribed in Schedule C of the said Act.

6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year's rent, together with the lease- and registration-fee, immediately the application has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.

7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in section 157 of the said Act; and the first half-year's rent is payable as before provided.

8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in each lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act. The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations.

9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land held by him under these regulations, except under and subject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.

10. No lessee shall hold more than one allotment, and such allotment shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever. No married woman shall be eligible as a selector; but this provision shall not apply to any married woman who may become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intestacy.

11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable, shall extend and apply to the lands affected by these regulations, and to the applications and leases to be made and issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created, and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are thereby affected; and the mention of any particular provision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Lands in the Auckland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

GLASGOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one hundred and thirty-sixth section of "The Land Act, 1892," I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six; and also that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any lands containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said lands shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1892."